%0 Journal Article %T Musician – a character en devenir. Christian Gailly’s BeBop %A Bodzińska-Bobkowska, Jadwiga %J Cahiers ERTA %V 2019 %R 10.4467/23538953CE.19.032.11556 %N Numéro 20 %P 111-124 %K Gailly, musician, jazz, jazznovel %@ 2300-4681 %D 2019 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/le-musicien-ou-un-personnage-en-devenir-be-bop-de-christian-gailly %X Christian Gailly, a contemporary French writer, former musician, admits he is deeply inspired by jazz and its literary representations. This essay aims to highlight the role of music – source of  dynamics and life’s motivation  – and its double influence on the protagonists of the Gally’s novel Be‐Bop.